Results from the ongoing Co-Immunity Project at the University of Louisville’s Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute show high levels of coronavirus infections in Metro Louisville. These results confirm previous findings, indicating that 30,000 to 40,000 people may have been exposed to the virus in Jefferson County since the beginning of the pandemic and that the rate of…
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TEG Architects announces new firm ownership and other news
TEG Architects, an architecture, visualization and interior design firm headquartered in Jeffersonville, Ind., announced the new ownership and management structure of the firm, effective July 1, 2019. Thresa Estopinal, Kevin Russell, Ernie Dreher, John Sprouls, and Jared Burt will now serve as managing partners. The new – yet familiar – leadership team will ensure the…
KHC highlights hospital price variation, recruits employers, hospitals, health plans for work group
Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services Becomes Baptist Health Floyd
TEG Architects experiences continued growth, expands architectural staff
Baptist Health signs binding purchase agreement for Floyd Memorial
Passport Health Plan announces agreement for Molina Healthcare to acquire certain assets
Passport Health Plan announced that Molina Healthcare, Evolent Health and Passport have entered into a definitive agreement for Molina to acquire certain assets of Passport Health Plan. The agreement helps to provide continuity of care and coverage for Passport members while also preserving hundreds of Kentucky jobs. Under the terms of the agreement, which is…
GLI Names Sarah Davasher-Wisdom as Successor to GLI President & CEO Kent Oyler
Greater Louisville Inc., the Metro Chamber of Commerce, announces that GLI Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff Sarah Davasher-Wisdom has been nominated by GLI’s Executive Committee to succeed GLI President and CEO Kent Oyler, subject to GLI Voting Board approval at GLI’s Annual Meeting on January 23, 2020. Ms. Davasher-Wisdom joined GLI in 2014…
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Meet Valerie Briones-Pryor, MD, with UofL Health
FAST FACTS Valerie Faye Briones-Pryor, MD, MHA, FACP, SFHM is Medical Director, Hospital Medicine Service Line at UofL Health/University Louisville Physicians. Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky Family: Husband: Matthew Pryor; Son: Brandon Pryor (7yo); Parents: Drs. Voltaire and Fe Briones; Siblings: Norman Briones (deceased), Justin Briones Hobbies: Running, working out and singing in the choir at church.…
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Six companies pitch at Aging Innovation Global Healthcare Summit
The global COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the older adult population the hardest, not only from a risk and mortality perspective, but also in the way it is exacerbating isolation and loneliness due to social distancing. The Global Innovation Search, co-hosted virtually in September by Aging2.0 and The Louisville Healthcare CEO Council (LHCC), provided an opportunity for innovators…